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Music for the Feast of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum
Dean Close School Chamber Choir*
Carleton Etherington organ
Simon Bell director
199 in stock
Description
Tewkesbury Abbey is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The 15th August, is traditionally associated with the Feast of the Assumption, for which the music presented on this recording is selected.
Tewkesbury Abbey Schola Cantorum is the choir of men and boys which sings the weekday Evensongs in Tewkesbury Abbey. The Abbey School and its choir was the brainchild of the late Miles Amherst; he had first visited the Abbey back in 1952, and was struck by the architecture and atmosphere of the building. It was over twenty years later that he founded the Abbey School and its choir. In the summer of 2006, the school closed, and the choristers made the transition to Dean Close Preparatory School in Cheltenham, where they are now educated.
Track List
Ave Maria – Marcel Dupré
2:21 Missa brevis – Jonathan Dove
13:25Kyrie
3:15 Gloria
3:44 Sanctus and Benedictus
2:51 Agnus Dei
3:35Salve Regina – Francis Poulenc
4:40Ave Maria – Franz Biebl
7:25 Preces and Responses – Philip Radcliffe
1:25 Psalm 132 – Michael Peterson
4:25 Edington Service – Garyston Ives
Magnificat
5:30 Nunc Dimittis
3:43 Responses – Philip Radcliffe
6:24Emmanuel* (First recording) – Philip Moore
5:42 Te Deum in C – Charles Villiers Stanford
7:39 Toccata, Fugue et Hymne sur Ave Maris Stella – Flor Peeters
7:32Total Playing time: 71:08
Production credits
Recorded in Tewkesbury Abbey 14 & 16 March, 15–16 May 2017
Recording producer and engineer: Gary Cole
Assistant engineer: Andy Gammon
Sample audio extracts
Reviews
‘beautifully performed, and enhanced by an equal vibrato amongst the boys’ voices in superbly shaped phrases. Cathedral Music November 2018
